Harness attachment.



No. 891,591. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908. G. W. BROWN.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT. APPLIUATIQN FILED D110. 24. 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 28, 1908.

Application led December 24, 1907. Serial No. 407,922.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE W. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 3, 4, in the center of the attaching plate, 2. The formation of the inverted clip, 8, issuch that its sides tend to clamp the sides of the Junction City, in the county of Geary and clip, 7, and when in engagement therewith,

State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Attachments and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to harness attachments.

The object of the invention is to obviate the difficulty and annoyance experienced in the catching of the reins .over the end of the shafts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be made adjustable for different widths of shafts and to accommodate the device to different sizes of animals.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide novel means of attaching the device to the shafts.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the ap lication of the device; Fig. 2 is an enlarge( perspective view, partly in section, and showing a fragment of the breast strap; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line :1cof Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line y-y of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the breast strap of the harness, and 2, represents the attaching plate of the device. This attaching plate is made out of two sheets of leather or other suitable material, 3, 4, between which at the four corners are located screw-threaded disks, 5, which are adapted to be engaged by the screws, 6, which pass through the breast strap, 1. Attached to the plates, 3, 4, is a substantially U-shaped clip, 7, and extending over said clip, 7, is an inverted U-shaped clip, 8, which is apertured at 9, corres onding with a similar aperture, 10, in the c ip, 7, to receive a thumb screw, 11, which en 'ages a screw disk, 12, located between the p ates,

form two substantially cylindrical channels for the reception of fiexible guard members, 13. These guard members comprise an outer flexible tube, 14, and a chain, 15, running therethrough. v The chain is secured to the tube at one end by a rivet, 16, or other suitable device, and at the opposite end to a pair of washers, 17, in the manner shown.

Surrounding the washers, and the tube, is an elastic elongated cup-shaped member, 18, which is adapted to take over the end of a shaft, 1 9, and securely hold the guard member in position. Both of these guard members are similarly provided with the elastic cup-shaped members, 18, and, as shown, in Figs. 1 and 2, the guard members are made adjustable in their clip sockets. The end of the cup-shaped member, 18, which is secured to the guard member is connected thereto in any suitable manner, as by wrapping or by the use of a hose clamp, or the like, and the washers, 17, then secured in place upon the chain. It will be seen by this construction that the members, 18, are securely held upon the tubes and prevented from pulling off. These cup-shaped members are of such size as to tightly ht the ends of the shafts and hold the guard members in position by suction and the inherent resiliency of the members themselves. The clips, 7, 8, may be dis ensed with, and a single tube may be use instead of two tubes with the cup-shaped suction members at each end of the tube, and the chain running entirely through. Such devices as these will be made up in different sizes when it is desired to use thedevice only with one horse. l may provide a clip on the attaching plate, 2, so that the device may be used in connection with collar and hame harness.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claimA as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. ln a device of the class described, the combination with a breast plate, of an attaching plate secured thereto, a clamping device carried by said attaching plate, flexible guard members adjustably secured in said clamping device, and suction cups carried by the guard members for attachment to the shafts.

2. '.In:.a.'.devicefof vthe class described, the qsh'ftsfan Washersinfsaid suction members 10 combination With a. support, of an attaching. connected to the chains. plate secured theretomaJ clampihgfdevicecap. Intestimony lwhereof I have hereunto set red thereby, exible guard members adjustiv myhancl'n'presence of two subscribing Witably carried in said clamping device, said; guesses.

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